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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 2017
CROW
OPENS
The Addams Family is as
iconic as its theme music, and
the history goes back thousands
of years — at least in “The
Addams Family Musical.”
Children’s
Repertory
of
Oregon Workshops (CROW)
premieres
“The Addams
Family” Friday night, April 21,
when Gomez, Morticia, Uncle
Fester, Wednesday, Pugsley,
Lurch and Granny are joined
by The Addams Family ances-
tors on stage at the Florence
Events Center.
The show continues April 22
and 23, with 7 p.m. shows on
Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m.
shows on Saturday and
Sunday. That’s right — this
year there are four chances to
support local youth in the arts.
“‘The Addams Family
Musical’ manages to pack quite
a bit into about two hours,”
said
11-year-old
Owen
Harklerode, who plays Pugsley
during two of the four perform-
ances. “The show is full of
humor, some it being quite
adult.”
Harklerode is joined by
CROW newcomer Andre
Felkins, 12, who joined the
show to do more performing
and singing.
The two boys share the role
of Pugsley, the “annoying little
sibling” of Wednesday, played
by 16-year-old Kristin Owens.
“I can relate to Wednesday.
Her teenage angst, her quirky
and big aspirations, as well as
her darkish look on things. She
also has a loud and boisterous
personality,” Kristin said.
Wednesday’s favorite things
involve torturing Pugsley —
literally — though Kristin gets
along great with her little
brother, William, who also
stars in the show.
In “The Addams Family
Musical,” Wednesday has a
secret. She is in love with a
normal boy, Lucas Beineke,
played by Cameron Utz, 16,
one of CROW’s key players.
Over the years, he has appeared
in “The Music Man,” “The
Little Mermaid,” “Once Upon
a Mattress,” “Shrek the
Musical” and other shows in
the Siuslaw School District.
Utz said, “This is a chance
for me to play a mostly serious
role with some human yet
humorous quirks, who is very
similar to me in real life.”
The newly developing love
between Wednesday and Lucas
is contrasted with the marriages
of both sets of their parents.
William Owens, 13, and
Alizabeth Norton, 12, play
straight-laced Mal and Alice
Beineke, who have a little bit to
learn about love and life. Both
roles allow the actors to step
into new skills they haven’t
gotten to explore on stage.
The love of Gomez and
Morticia is the stuff of legends.
They are the heart of The
Addams Family in every incar-
nation. CROW’s show is no
different.
Jacob Molano, 19, plays the
dashing patriarch Gomez, who
is deeply in love with his dark-
ly beautiful wife Morticia,
‘A DDAMS F AMILY ’ F RIDAY Sunshine, summertime
on the way with chorus
The Beinekes — played by
William
Owens
and
Alizabeth Norton as Mal
and Alice and Cameron Utz
as
their
son
Lucas,
Wednesday’s love interest.
COURTESY PHOTOS
The Addams Family — Morticia,
Alex Saindon; Gomez, Jake
Molano; Lurch, Ceasar Castillo;
Uncle Fester, Jacob Ternyik;
Wednesday, Kristin Owens;
Grandma, Hannah Rasmussen;
and Pugsley (above) Owen
Harklerode and (left) Andre Felkins.
played by 16-year-old Alex
Saindon. This is the first lead-
ing role for both actors.
“I love getting to be kind of
mysterious,” Saindon said. “I
love performing Morticia
because I get to go out of my
box and do new things I’m not
used to. It’s great to play such a
different character.”
As the leaders of the family,
Gomez and Morticia set the
mood for the evening when
Wednesday chooses to bring
Lucas home, but nothing seems
to go right for the young lovers.
The Addams Family would
not be complete without its
most luminous member, Uncle
Fester, played by Jacob
Ternyik, 24; the ancient and
wise Grandma, played by 12-
year-old Hannah Rasmussen;
or the unreadable, towering
Lurch, played by Ceasar
Castillo, 16.
“There are dark overtones in
everything,” Ternyik said, “but
it’s funny, too. My character
breaks the fourth wall and I get
to use another whacky charac-
ter voice.”
Ternyik is also a longtime
CROW, most recently appear-
ing as the title role in last year’s
“Shrek the Musical,” and as
Amos in Last Resort Player’s
“Chicago the Musical.”
“I enjoy being able to be
myself and a different character
at the same time,” she said.
“She’s kooky and has no blad-
der control.”
Lurch,
The
Addams
Family’s butler, is a man of few
words but “always well
dressed,” according to Castillo.
His presence is not often heard,
but often seen alongside
Gomez.
Most of the CROW cast
appear as Addams Family
ancestors from the ages, called
up from their graves to be a
Greek chorus of humor and
gravity in almost every scene.
These youth from elemen-
tary to high school sing, dance
and create atmosphere in the
“creepy and kooky” Addams
Family way.
An additional 10 students,
the youngest CROWs, are
telegrammers who open each
act and interact with the audi-
ence in the lobby.
“This is a fantastic show and
we have fantastic actors to
match it!” Utz said. “Take it
from me. I highly recommend
coming to see it.”
CROW’s production team
and cast have been working to
the “witching hour” for many
nights to get “The Addams
Family” ready for show time.
The team did everything from
working with the actors to
coordinating brand new sets,
mixing sound, lighting the
stage and creating unique props
and costumes for the more than
50 cast members.
The show features wonder-
ful songs, funny and sweet
scenes between characters, and
extravagant dances, including
the infamous “Tango de Amor”
between Gomez and Morticia
Addams.
CROW always has surprises
in store and this show is no
exception. Funds raised from
ticket sales directly benefit
local youth — providing schol-
arships to summer camps, pur-
chasing royalties and materials
for shows, classes, camps and
events, and helping to finalize
the renovations on the CROW
Center for the Performing Arts.
“The
Addams
Family
Musical” is family-friendly and
appropriate for all ages. Tickets
are $18 for adults and $9 for
youth 12 and under. For tick-
ets, visit www.eventcenter.org
or call 541-997-1994.
For more information on the
show and the CROW program,
visit www.crowkids.com.
With performances set for
May 6 and 7, the Community
Chorus of Florence will sing
songs of “Sunshine and
Summertime”
at
the
Presbyterian Church.
Jennifer Weier will again
direct the chorus, which is
rehearsing fun songs, such as a
medley from “Summer of ’69”
— think Woodstock.
Also included will be songs
by the original boys of sum-
mer, the Beach Boys, as well
as more traditional tunes
including ”Summertime” from
“Porgy and Bess “and “On the
Sunny Side of the Street.”
The May 6 concert will be
held at 7 p.m. and May 7 at 2
p.m., at the Presbyterian
Church on Highway 101 in
Florence.
Concerts are free to the pub-
lic, although donations are
always accepted.
Refreshments will be served
at intermission.
For more information, call
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